Black Voices: Integrating Social Media in HIV Outreach
4-16-2015The HIV.gov Black Voices series was started over a year ago to share information on important social media and HIV-related topics for the community, by the comm…
Michelle Samplin-Salgado
COMING SOON: AIDS.gov Virtual Office Hours! Your social media questions answered here!
11-11-2014At HIV.gov, we leverage social media tools to extend the reach of Federal HIV/AIDS policies, programs, and resources. When we are able to attend HIV-related con…
“What’s your story?” Using social media to reach communities of color
8-26-2014Health communicators from around the U.S. met last week to share and learn about evolving outreach strategies to connect with at-risk communities, to amplify th…
3 Takeaways from our Black Voices Blog Series
5-13-2014From the beginning of the HIV.gov blog, we found that encouraging conversations is the best way to ensure that we are connecting with our readers. By joining ou…
New Media School
1-21-2014We were excited to receive a number of very positive emails from friends and colleagues in response to our first “school” blog post last week. We are always…
Happy Holidays from AIDS.gov
12-24-2013A study out of Kenya and published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that weekly text message to patients with a single word — “Mambo?&rd…
Help end HIV stigma by #FacingAIDS
11-13-2013At HIV.gov we have been excited to see how the use of hashtags has spread over the years into various social media platforms. What started with Twitter has expa…
5 Years, 900 Blog Posts, 1 Million Page Views
1-8-2013Today marks an important milestone for the HIV.gov blog.Five years ago today, we launched this blog with the intent of reaching audiences with information on ho…
Gearing up for National HIV Testing Day (June 27): Check Out The HIV Prevention and Service Widget
6-1-2010It's June 1st and we're gearing up for National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) later this month on June 27. This year, and every year, our goal is to encourage people t…